Vienna +10: National Sustainable Development Strategies in Europe

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1 Vienna +10: National Sustainable Development Strategies in Europe Taking stock, new developments and future challenges European Sustainable Development Network (ESDN) in cooperation with the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management ESDN Conference June 2013 in Vienna, Austria Conference Programme Venue: Amedia Hotel Vienna, Landstrasser Hauptstrasse 155, A-1030 Vienna

2 Wednesday, 12 June :00-18:30 Internal Meeting of the ESDN Steering Group Amedia Hotel, Room Qualtinger (ground floor) 19:00 Welcome Reception at the Amedia Hotel Vienna (conference venue) Beverages only, restaurant options for later will be distributed Thursday, 13 June :30 Registration 09:00 Opening and orientation Welcome address & Objectives of the Conference Elisabeth Freytag & Wolfram Tertschnig, ESDN Co-chairs, Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management 09:30 Session 1: The past 10 years of NSDSs in Europe and new developments Experiences with National Sustainable Development Strategies (NSDSs) in Europe the last 10 years and taking stock of the current situation André Martinuzzi & Gerald Berger, ESDN Office, Research Institute for Managing Sustainability, Austria The importance of SD strategies in Europe and beyond and how they could relate to the new post-rio+20 Sustainable Development Goals Derek Osborn, Expert in the German NSDS Peer Review, former member of the European Economic and Social Committee, UK Moderated discussion: Key challenges and critical issues of NSDSs in Europe 10:50 Coffee Break 2

3 11:20 Session 2: Past achievements of NSDSs in Europe Impact case studies: Experiences with NSDSs in Europe A short and spicy overview of experiences in 6 European countries: Germany: Stefan Bauernfeind, Federal Chancellery Finland: Sauli Rouhinen, Ministry of Environment France: Stéphane Bernaudon, Ministry for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Italy: Francesca De Crescenzo, Ministry of Environment Montenegro: Bosiljka Vukovic, Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism Slovenia: Darja Piciga, Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment Discussion and exchange of experiences among participants Past achievements of NSDSs in Europe Group work on analysing experiences through 6 differences lenses: 1) Institutional anchoring of NSDSs, e.g. responsible ministries; anchoring in the constitution, laws, policies; organizational provisions for NSDSs; 2) Securing political support and leaders commitment for NSDSs; 3) Inter-ministerial cooperation and the steering capacity of NSDSs for other policy processes, incl. other policy strategies, subnational cooperation; 4) Fostering monitoring and evaluation (SD monitoring, SD indicators, assessments, peer reviews, etc.); 5) Promoting stakeholder participation in NSDSs processes and the role of national SD councils; 6) Effective implementation of NSDSs and achieving NSDSs targets. 13:15 14:00 Lunch break 14:00 Cont. Session 2: Past achievements of NSDSs Reports from the working groups Past achievements of NSDSs in Europe 15:15 Coffee Break 3

4 15:30 Session 3: The future for NSDSs in Europe and beyond High-level panel discussion on the future of NSDSs in Europe and beyond Wolfram Tertschnig, ESDN Steering Group, Austria Sylvie Motard, Senior Programme Officer, UNEP Regional Office for Europe Staffan Nilsson, Member European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the EESC s SD Observatory Günther Bachmann, Secretary General of the German Council for SD Mariana Popova, Eurostat 17:00 End of day 1 19:00 22:00 Conference Dinner at Weinhof Zimmermann (Heuriger) in Vienna 4

5 Friday, 14 June :00 Session 4: Future needs and new impulses for NSDSs 3 opening statements on How the world is changing and what does this imply for SD? Alan AtKisson, President AtKission Group and Member of Commission President Barroso s Science and Technology Advisory Council, Sweden Markku Wilenius, Professor of Futures Studies at Turku School of Economics, Member of Club of Rome, Finland Samuil Simeonov, Project Manager, Business in Society, Bertelsmann Foundation, Germany Discussion and exchange of experiences among participants Future needs and new impulses for NSDSs in Europe Group work on analysing experiences through 6 differences lenses: 1) Institutional anchoring of NSDSs, e.g. responsible ministries; anchoring in the constitution, laws, policies; organizational provisions for NSDSs; 2) Securing political support and leaders commitment for NSDSs; 3) Inter-ministerial cooperation and the steering capacity of NSDSs for other policy processes, incl. other policy strategies, subnational cooperation; 4) Fostering monitoring and evaluation (SD monitoring, SD indicators, assessments, peer reviews, etc.); 5) Promoting stakeholder participation in NSDSs processes and the role of national SD councils; 6) Effective implementation of NSDSs and achieving NSDSs targets. 10:45 Coffee break 11:15 Cont. Session 4: Future needs and new impulses for NSDSs Reports from the working groups - Future needs and new impulses for NSDSs in Europe 5

6 12:15 Session 5: Key issues for the ESDN to support future needs and challenges for NSDSs Interactive session: Key issues for the ESDN to support future needs and challenges for NSDSs in Europe Reflection on the conference and next steps Elisabeth Freytag & Wolfram Tertschnig, ESDN Co-chairs, Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management 13:00 Conference Closure, followed by buffet lunch 6